Railway-tie.



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- RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED DEG.12, 1911. RENEWED nE 1,059,033. Patented A r.15,1913.

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WING, OF SPRINGVILLE, UTAH.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

Application filed December 12, 1911, Serial No. 865,362. Renewed December 17, 1912. Serial No. 737,810.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN W. CLARK, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, and THOMAS J. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, and J osErr-t S. VVING, a. citizen of Canada, residing at Springville, in the county and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the same, ref-- erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to railway ties, and has for its object to provide a metal tie of that type wherein pockets or chambers are provided at the ends for the reception of blocks or sections of wood orequivalent ma.- terial, and has for its ob'ect to provide such a tie wherein the rails wil contact with the blocks of wood or other material and the life of the blocks prolonged.

The invention further consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be now described and the particular features of novelty ointed out in the claims.

Referring to t e accompanying drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention,-Figure 1 .is a perspective view of a tie embodying the present improvements, one of the chamber closing end plates bein removed; Fig. 2 is a section on line 00-00, ig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one end of a he showing a modified constructiongFig. 4 is a section on line yy, Fig.3; Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of modified forms of chamber closing end plates.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate the same parts.

The body of the tie embodying the present improvements is formed up of sheet or plate metal with a flat bottom portion A and sides B, forming a troughlike structure. At

the ends, the trough-like structure is adapted to receive blocks of wood or fiber or equivalent material which fill'the trough-like body of the tie. The upper edges of the sides of the trou h-like body B are bent over the.

top of the locks C, as at B, and atthe in- 1 not come in direct ner and outer ends of the blocks are angle- D are removable and are held in place by atongue e, adapted to enter an opening or slot e in the bot-tom of the tie, and a top E adapted to overlie the block and have lateral extensions dflwhich extend behind the portions B of the sides of the tie and are secured to the block by a spike driven into the block through an opening 6 The tongue 6 is made sufficiently long to provide a holding means for preventing the slipping of the tie;

The block C is. preferably a solid block and is grooved or channeled transversely as shown at 0, for the reception of the rail base, and in order to protect the block and prevent wear, a plate 0 is fitted in said groove upon which the rail seats. This plate is substantially U-shaped. in cross section,

the lateral edges 0 extending about half the height of the side walls of the channel C. In order to accommodate the head'of the spike for holding the rail, countersinks. c are formed in the blockjpermitting: the

heads of the spikes to lie flush with the upper face of the block, and allowing the cover plates D to come well down on the block.

Vvhile'ordinarily there would be no danger of the side walls of the tie spreading, still, to prevent this the construction illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 has been devised. Referring particularly to these figures, the outer cover plates D are provided with tongues d, which are adapted to be bent around the sides of the tie, the tops E? of the inner plates E being formed with hooked extensions 6 .which take over the bent over portions B of the upper edges of the trough like body of the tie. By such a construction it will be readily seen that any tendency-of the walls of the tie to spread bases, the top of the cover plates is utilized for this purpose. In Fig. 5 this plate G is formed in one piece, having end portions 9 covering the ends of, the block, and a top portion 9 extending over the top of the block. The top 9 has centrally located side extensions 9 which fit within the cutout portions 9 of the body of the tie, forming the seat for the rail base. In Fig. 6, the cover plate is formed in two parts h, h, each having end portions 12. If, and top ortions h it havin side extensions h h the inner edges of the top portions adapted to abut when the parts are in position and extensions h, h, fittingwithin the cut-out portions of the side of the tie.

By forming the blocks with the channels for the rail bases the lateral movement of the rails will be prevented, and with the wear plate in said channels the life of the block is prolonged. Moreover, the rail is prevented from coming in contact with the end plates, or any art of the tie, the tie being then particu arly well adapted on roads using electric signaling.

Having thus described our invention, what .We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United-States, is:

plates for closing the ends and top of the chambers to form a protecting cover for the blocks.

2. A railway tie embodying a trough-like metal body, chambers at the ends of said trough-like structure formed by inturned flanges on the side walls separated from each other longitudinally of the rail, wooden blocks mounted in said chambers and each having a transverse groove, a U- shaped metal plate located in said groove .upon which the rail rests, and removable plates for closing the ends and top of the chambers to form a protecting cover for the blocks, substantially as described.

3. A railwa tie embodying a trough-like metal body, 0 ambers at the ends of said trough-like structure formed by bending inwar ly the end portions of the sides thereof, wooden blocks located in said chambers, cover plates for said blocks, one formed with tongues adapted to be bent around the sides of the tie and the other formed with hook-shaped extensions each taking one of 

